Addition and Subtraction — Practice Quiz
A Trigonometry cheat sheet for Addition and Subtraction — every key formula with its symbols defined — plus a medium-level practice quiz to test recall.
Formulas & key concepts
Sine Sum
Sine Difference
Cosine Sum
Cosine Difference
Tangent Sum
Tangent Difference
Practice quiz
What is the expansion of $\sin(A+B)$?
- $\sin A \cos B + \cos A \sin B$
- $\sin A \cos B - \cos A \sin B$
- $\cos A \cos B + \sin A \sin B$
- $\cos A \cos B - \sin A \sin B$
Answer: $\sin A \cos B + \cos A \sin B$
Which of the following is equivalent to $\cos(x-y)$?
- $\cos x \cos y - \sin x \sin y$
- $\cos x \cos y + \sin x \sin y$
- $\sin x \cos y + \cos x \sin y$
- $\sin x \cos y - \cos x \sin y$
Answer: $\cos x \cos y + \sin x \sin y$
The formula for $\tan(\alpha + \beta)$ is:
- $\frac{\tan \alpha - \tan \beta}{1 + \tan \alpha \tan \beta}$
- $\frac{\tan \alpha + \tan \beta}{1 - \tan \alpha \tan \beta}$
- $\frac{\tan \alpha + \tan \beta}{1 + \tan \alpha \tan \beta}$
- $\frac{\tan \alpha - \tan \beta}{1 - \tan \alpha \tan \beta}$
Answer: $\frac{\tan \alpha + \tan \beta}{1 - \tan \alpha \tan \beta}$
Evaluate the exact value of $\sin(75^\circ)$.
- $\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4}$
- $\frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4}$
- $\frac{\sqrt{3} + 1}{2}$
- $\frac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{2}$
Answer: $\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4}$
Simplify the expression $\cos(60^\circ) \cos(30^\circ) - \sin(60^\circ) \sin(30^\circ)$.
- $\cos(30^\circ)$
- $\sin(30^\circ)$
- $\cos(90^\circ)$
- $\sin(90^\circ)$
Answer: $\cos(90^\circ)$
The expression $\sin(5x) \cos(2x) - \cos(5x) \sin(2x)$ simplifies to:
- $\sin(7x)$
- $\sin(3x)$
- $\cos(7x)$
- $\cos(3x)$
Answer: $\sin(3x)$
What is the exact value of $\tan(15^\circ)$?
- $2 + \sqrt{3}$
- $2 - \sqrt{3}$
- $\frac{1 + \sqrt{3}}{1 - \sqrt{3}}$
- $\frac{1 - \sqrt{3}}{1 + \sqrt{3}}$
Answer: $2 - \sqrt{3}$
Given that $\sin A = \frac{3}{5}$ (A in Q1) and $\cos B = \frac{5}{13}$ (B in Q1), find $\cos(A+B)$.
- $\frac{16}{65}$
- $-\frac{16}{65}$
- $\frac{56}{65}$
- $-\frac{56}{65}$
Answer: $-\frac{16}{65}$
Which of the following trigonometric identities is incorrect?
- $\sin(x-y) = \sin x \cos y - \cos x \sin y$
- $\cos(x+y) = \cos x \cos y - \sin x \sin y$
- $\tan(x+y) = \frac{\tan x + \tan y}{1 - \tan x \tan y}$
- $\cos(x-y) = \cos x \cos y - \sin x \sin y$
Answer: $\cos(x-y) = \cos x \cos y - \sin x \sin y$
Simplify $\frac{\sin(A+B)}{\cos A \cos B}$.
- $\tan A + \tan B$
- $\tan A - \tan B$
- $\cot A + \cot B$
- $\cot A - \cot B$
Answer: $\tan A + \tan B$
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